Changing your Mind

The Bible, the Brain, and Spiritual Growth
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9466-5
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 421 g

Reihe: Lutterworth Press

An innovative investigation into how an understanding of modern brain science can aid the Christian pursuit of spiritual growth and transformation.

This book takes you on a journey that unpacks and demystifies what spiritual growth is and how it unfolds. The aim is to set you on your own path toward genuine, personal spiritual transformation. The book provides all the tools you need - biblical, scientific, and practical - so that you can develop your own pathway for spiritual growth. What is unique about Victor Copan's approach to spiritual growth is that he explores recent findings of brain research as well as scientific research on habit formation and brings them into conversation with the process of spiritual formation. Research on the brain and on habit formation has uncovered significant insights about the process and dynamics of human transformation that can be fruitfully incorporated into our own pursuit of spiritual transformation. Tapping into this research allows us to work in concert with how God designed humans to function - body, soul, and spirit.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Copan, Victor

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Spirituality: What It Is and What It Isn't

PART 1: Biblical Foundations of Spiritual Formation
2 The Biblical Backdrop of Spiritual Formation

3 The Goal of Spiritual Formation, Part 1: Overview

4 An Aside: But Can We Really Become Like Christ?

5 The Goal of Spiritual Formation, Part 2: Getting Specific

6 The Dynamics of Spiritual Formation

7 The Process of Spiritual Formation

PART 2: Brain Research, the Bible, and Spiritual Formation
8 Insights for Spiritual Formation from Brain Research

9 The Bible and Neuroscience: Friends or Foes?

PART 3: Changing From the Inside Out
10 The Dimensions of Human Life: An Overview

11 Our Heart (Will and Spirit)

12 Our Thoughts

13 Our Feelings

14 Our Bodies

15 Our Relationships

PART 4: Developing Our Own Spiritual Formation Plan
16 Spiritual Formation is Habit-Forming

17 Putting It All Together: Laying Out a Process for Spiritual Growth

A Closing Word

Appendix: Sample Action Steps for the Personal Spiritual Growth Plan

Bibliography

Name/Subject Index

Scripture Index